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Chicago examiner monday november 16 1908 14 pages dowager empress of china dies one day after emperor ise-year-old son of prince chun is put on the throne e of 47 years ended r legations under special lard court in mourning three years peclal cable to the examinei in nov 15 tse hsl an dowager sa and autocrat of china ls dead j-yl the three-year-old son of prince ha been placed on the throne his acting as regent in accordance he provisions of the imperial edict last friday end of the forty-seven years reign famous old buddha came at 2 this afternoon according to the of nnouncemeut although lt is believed ie deaths of both the empress and ! su the emperor whom she dom occurred many hours before the nentibned ln the official annonnce is not anticipated that there will be any trouble incident to the accession of the young manchu ruler although there may be a few sporadic outbreaks ln the south rn provinces which are nt all times more - lo^s turbulent egations are guarded this city is well guarded against any utlireak two divisions of troops being ered at strategic points throughout the i all the legations are surrounded v special guards but no anti-foreign dem istration ls looked for the viceroys are understood to be in har mony with the new regime and have beeu trncted to take all necessary precau ons for the continuance of the provincial overnments as heretofore a period of general mourning of 100 days has been proclaimed throughout iho em re the court will remain in mourning r three years the city to-night is rouded in blue the chinese mourning .-, and elaborate rites are being per med at the palace and at the principal s bouses both the emperor and empress died on tended and alone imperial etiquette for ddlng the palace attendants to approach ithin five yards of the royal persons up a few months ago the emperor had been attended by foreign physicians bnt latterly bad abandoned ali medical treatment called old buddha it is believed that prince chun the new regent will be able to reconcile all the antagonistic elements ln the empire as he ls recognized as a man of modern ideas thoroughly progressive and is the most acceptable men that could be chosen to those most opposed to the reign of the dowager who on account of her fierce temper her tartar character was refered to as a terrible woman among the populace ehe was feared and hated principally because of her treatmeut fl the emperor for whom the enlightened id the common people had a sympathetic ting she was commonly referred to by the sobriquet the ad buddha and her char acter in the eyes of the masses was that i the tyrant of the emperor she was a w unto herself she violated the con itntlon of the t'ynasty that forbids a ' oman ruler and broke the sacred customs ven by the sages she relentlessly ordered all betrothals id marriages iu the imperial household mily anil imperial court and supervised rupulously the conduct of individuals ee did not seem to have embittered her at e close of a strictly terrible career al lough the past decade had intensified her nguinary record her political career began with the holesale beheading of princes in isui ' by which she established her son on the throne a slaughter of reformers ami i others took place thirty-seven years later 1898 two years after this she dc atclv upon advice set about slaugh ( ig all christians and foreigners givi ng x.k taels from her private funds toward 1 ying 011 the work ed over 270,000,000 ' 1 greatest of her political acts was i coup d'etat of 1898 in this she , red her power combining craftiness courage she stooped to the role of i rmer thai she might conquer and when had perfected the disguise she slaught-h the reformers and incarceraÂ«ed the i leror in whose name she bad acted dug him a prisoner for nearly two ir authority was complete over about _ k officials and over the welfare aril 1 of the vast majority of the inhabit 1 of china who number close to 270 - 1 ' empress stolen robes found in cincinnati cincinnati 0 nov 15.-two royal robes highly prized by the dowager em press of china were stolen from her royal palace during the invasion of the allied armies in iwo to quell the boxer uprising to-night hkj are on tbeir wav back to their royal owner in the custody Â»". captain i rank herschey an american sol dier who holds a commission in the im perial army of china the royal wraps were recovered iu this city having been brought here it is said by a n haldersim a kentuckian who served in the ninth i'niteil states infan try and was among llie solders who par ticipated in the looting of the palace in pftkin halderson it is said bold tho robes to a private collector if oriental bric-a-brac who lives iu cincinnati the robes were traced to this citv from manila by herschey serving under a spe cial detail from the empress his reward on his return to china will be a major's commission the prize offered if he should recover the robes abruzzi engagement denied by katherine elkins through father announcement not taken to mean that wedding will not take place duke buys pearl netklace p washington nov lo miss katherlne elkins through her father senator ste phen b elkins to-night authorized the an nouncement that there existed no engage ment to marry between herself and the duke d'abruzzl miss elkins ls at the west virginia home of her parents and could not be reached for details senator elkins issued the statement from the family home in this city he supple mented the bald announcement with the statement that he knew the duke d'abruz zl well and esteemed him as a cultured and talented gentleman there is no hint in the announcement of the former existence of an engagement between miss elkins and the duke which would imply the breaking of an engagement the senator will not ompllfy his announcement or comment upon it it ls recalled that senator elkins has in sisted there existed no engagement and he promised some time ago that a soon as there was anything definite to announce he would take the papers into his eonfl dence and let them have it it is stated by some people here who are familiar with the customs of foreign courts that the announcement of the non-exist ence of the engagement does not mean necessarily that miss elkins is not to 1 marry the duke d'abruzzl the duke may have appreciated the difficulties ahead of him in securing the consent of the royal house of italy to his marriage with miss elkins and generously left miss elkins free while he made the fight to secure that consent it may be understood between miss elkins and her royal suitor that when that consent has been granted freely he may return to this country to claim her i lone.on nov 15 a hatton garden pearl dealer says the duke d'abruzzl has , purchased a splendid seven rope necklace of marvelous pearls as a wedding gift for miss elkins it comprises the famous berthler necklace formerly the property of madame thiers the widow of the for mer president of france and pearls be longing to an impoverished italian noble man dealers refuse to place any value on the necklace but declare it of incoinpar ' able beauty no mystery in absence of artist says lawyer c a surley declares dyer left paris on business trip in spite of the strangely disquieting mes sages that come from paris regarding the diappearance of charles dyer a well known Chicago artist while bis wife and daughter are penniless in the french cap ital and have appealed to the americau consul general to help in their search for the missing mau clarence a burley mr dyer's lawyer here ns;sts there ls no mystery in the case tbat dyer is simply on a business trip 250,000 prison fire cheered by men in cells jeffersonville ind nov is the lack of sufficient water pressure cost the state of indiana 100,000 and the indiana manufacturing company 160,000 through a fire that broke out ln the cupola loft of the latter at the indiana reformatory here this afternoon five buildings were de stroyed while much expensive machinery and a ton of manufactured goods were ruined not a man was hurt and there was no excitement among the inmates nearly 1,300 of them remaining in their ceils those who had a view of the fire cheered loudly when incidents struck tbeir fancy chick stahl's widow found dead in doorway boston mass nov 13 chick stabl's widow was found dead in a doorway to day and foul play is believed stahl was the well-knowu baseball player who killed himself on account of family troubles eight slain in race battle militia rushed to scene _ negro kills sheriff and depu ties and assistant police ; chief after quarrel \ store looted for arms ; desperado shot when burned out of home after wound ing many oklahoma citt ok nov ib eight persons were killed in a race riot at ok mulgee ok this evening which started when an indian and a negro fought in attempting to capture the negro seven men were killed including the sheriff and as sistant chief of police and nine were wounded the desperado was the eighth victim being riddled with bullets when fleeing from his burning house more than 1,000 shots were fired in the melee hardware stores being looted by the mob to secure weapons and to-ulght armed citizens â– are patrolling the town governor haskell has ordered ten com panies of militia to okmulgee on the au thorities request list of faltalities the dead chatman uah negro chatman felix negro deckard jim negro klabber henry assistant chief of police of okmulgee robinson edgar sheriff of okmul gee county thklll unidentified ni-xjroe.s the wounded l'arr vic chief of police shot through shoulder grayson steve indian boy fatally beaten deputy snerifr name not learned arm broken several others slightly wounded - charles deckart a negro and steve grayson an indian had a fight in the depot in which the indian was badly used up he went to police headquarters and made complaint assistant chief of police henry kiabbfer startsl ts'"fir3nd deekjui and on his way deputized two tfegroes itaif and felli cbatman to assist him ln capturing deckart when tlie officers came up to him deckart opened fire on them and killed the chatmans and klabl.er instantly at this juncture sheriff robinson and another negro came on the scene and tried to arrest deckart before the negro conld oc captured he killed both burned out of house deckart then ran to his house near by immediately a posse of men sur â€¢ rounded the next house thinking be was there and set fire to it seeing that bis own bouse would soon be Ã¼bla/.e deckart tired bis own house and when it had burned so that he could not stay in it longer made a rush for the door as he emerged a hundred shots v e fired at him and be fell dead the greatest excitement prevails iu the town anc it is feared that further serious trouble will follow before morniug every white man in town is armed and the negroes are very restless there is a large number of negroes employed on pipe line work there at the preseut time and it is said trouble of various kinds has been had with them from time to time the mob poured volley after volley into the burniug buildiug and half a score of bystanders and members of the mob were [ struck by stray bullets and more or less i seriously injured the mayor and county i authorities have sworn in almost a hun dred deputy marshals and sheriffs ln au | effort to hold the situation ln check uutil j the arrival of the militia man is killed and town terrorized over dog fight wet mka okla nov lu.-as the re suit of a tight belweeu two mongrel dogs one man is dead another seriously wound ed and the town of wetumka divided into two factions and a bloody feud is threat ened brothers of the dead man have beeu walking the streets of the town all afternoon heavily armed and the citizens are terrorized ben smith and john tabor sided with their respective pets when the animals en countered each other on the main street to-day and tabor after be bad been wounded slew his adversary he was placed under arrest and a posse of depu ties armed with repeating rifles is guard ing him to-night jeff and ira smith brothers of the dead man armed themselves and have been on the streets all afternoon and their friends are volunteering their assistance tabor's friends are also willing to take his side 62 die of pneumonia cold causes increase disease induced by people shutting up houses says physician cold weather caused a large increase in the deaths from pneumonia last week ac cording to the health bulletin issued yes terday the cold itself doesn't make pneu monia the bulletin gays but it leads peo ple to shut themselves up in their houses close the doors and windows and breathe the same air over and over again sixty-two persons died in Chicago last week from pneumonia and many of them mould be living to-day if the simple pre ventive of breathing fresh air had been employed sats the bulletin . catholics open first mission congress greatest conclave in america's history in the upper photograph are mgr falconio icho with archbishop quigiey is the ranking catliolic dignitary in the congress and two deacons of honor approaching the holy name cathedral yesterday where the opening services of the catholic missionary congress were held they are between ranks of fourth degree knights of columbus in the lower picture archbishop quigiey is leaving the church at his left is the very rev john e burke of new york and at his right is the tery rev w h ketcham of washington d o prelates mark centenary in triumphal pageant thousands witness procession and attend impressive ceremonies optimism fills speeches mgr falconio celebrates mass m the holy name cathedral 86 sermonsare preached archbishop blenk calls social ism and divorce world's greatest evils the history of the roman catholic church in america reached a new triumphal cli 1 max yesterday when the first amer jican missionary congress was opened at the holy name cathedral with a terror giving to the promises of a . new era the assurance of success with an ecclesiastical pageant never before equaled on this continent and with stirring vows of fealty to the church and its aims hosts of prelates priests and lay delegates began the work of inaugurating a wider mis 13 sionary movement both at home and it abroad n the sermons and speeches of the day resounded with optimism great e plans for new missionary endeavor ;. were discussed in a spirit of con 1 fideme that the church could and s would supply the men and means to carry them out grave evils ot the f day were deplored hut not so much ia the way of lamentation is of cheery il earnestness over tho prospect of in '- creasing victories for the faith in the " warfare against them i '' fruition of a century of solid establishment a great hour has sounded in the religious life of the united states a said the most rev james h blenk t archbishop of new orleans in his f sermon at the cathedral it is the * fruition of a century of solid estab . lishment and marvelous extension of , the church what a vast field opens - before us the same spirit pervaded sermons ' preached last evening in eighty-six churches of the city by bishops and 1 archbishops monsignores and abbots 1 at the banquet given late in the aft * eruoon by the fourth degree of the * knights of columbus at th auditor , ium hotel and attendtni by ei w ban . died members of the order m 1 1 of the new missionary movement was received with a storm of applause impressive procession is viewed by thousands the spectacular features c day attracted thousands of peopl <> the neighborhood of the holy name ca thedral north state and superior streets the procession of prelates attired in the full regalia of their of fices with the differing emtti ma of the friar orders and with < â– , tail of dress and ceremony as handeu j down for centuries strictly observed moved past files of onlookers to the spectators the occasion was one of deep impressiveuess to some it was a matter of religious sacredness to others it was interesting because it was unusual brilliant and historic but on all it left an impression f tha high dignity with which the church invests those to whom it gives spirit ual authority the most rev diomede falconio archbishop of larissa and apostolic delegate to the united states and the most rev james e quigiey were the two most notable figures in tho pro cession with pages bearing the long silken trains which flowed from their sacerdotal cloaks they cull prison ready for college spooners admirers oi northwestern coeds find jail awaits them in willard hall the smallest police station in the world bas been installed under the east steps of that most famous of all girls dormitories w'llard hall near the campus of the north western i'niversity at evanston willard hall has contributed more stories to the newspapers than any other dormi tory extant the police station was estab lished to aid its chief frank kruger iu coping with the men students of the uni versity wlio insist upon spooning with the girls in the halls and on the stairs when miss mary ross potter the pre ceptress issued her io o'clock anti-spoon ing order kruger found himself unable to enforce it the students would throw him downstairs and run night after night the special policeman was manhandled ln shameful fashion and his assailants always escaped now tbat the station has been opened he hopes to get a spooner locked up oc casionally nnd keep him there until he can telephone the evanston police station for help there is ouly one room which is cell and office combined it contains a fire alarm a police telephone and a city telephone and the door ls heavy enough to be student-proof inasmuch as most of the girls anticipate that their sweethearts will be immured there sooner or later they have all contributed to flt up the prison attrac tively with up-to-date pictures and neat little gitneracks mabel taliaferro under knife for appendicitis baltimore nov 15 mrs frederick thompson the stress known on the stage as miss mabel taliaferro who appeared at the academy of music last week in the play polly of the c.'rcus was stricken with acute appendicitis at the conclusion of the performance saturday night and was operated on this afternoon at the university hospital she stood the ordeal well and was said late to-night to be rest ing comfortably vr martin who per formed the operation said that he looked for the patient's early recovery miss taliaferro has had several attacks of ap pend.citls previously the last one only six or seven weeks ago while she was play Illinois theater in Chicago eulenburg ruling again berlin hears dying prince's influence may cause kaiser to name male dancer chancellor berlin nov it german awaits with breathless anxiety the result of the conference between bmpe'ror william and his chancellor thai conference wns ap pointed to be held to-morrow at kiel but the sudden death of one of the emperor's entourage has postponed it there is iutense dread in political cir cles that the emperor's btndlal silence will turn to imperious defiance of his clitics and consequently of the reichstag as astounding rumor is flying about ber lin to-night prince philip zu kuleuburg is said to have regained his sway over the emperor it is asserted with a positive tiess seemingly born of conviction that prince philip who only escaped punish ment for repulsive conduct because it was declared in court _ that be was rapidly dying still has such influence as to make his support of general lowenfeld for chancellor something to be reckoned with lowenfeld is widely known as a social trifler a man who has no fixed political opinions the chief of the emperor's pri vate company of tellers of a certain sort of stories and a noted dancer of the can can nothing has intensified the feeling against the emperor more than the report of eulenburg's activity and the mention of lowenfeld as the successor of prince von buelow in the chancellorship the idea of a male dancer being put in control of the empire's affairs calls to mind the dissolute rule of caligula over ancient rome another man whose uame is mentioned when the subject of a new chancellor ia canvassed is baron marscball von ilieber steiu who gave up the portfolio of koreiun affairs to become german ambassador at constantinople von blcberstein was easti in a diflferent mold but would be regard â€¢< i i with suspicion as chancellor because he is ; afflicted with what has now become to be i regarded as the taint of emperor wil-i hani's personal friendship prince of wales honored london nov lii the prince of wales has been gazetted honorary colonel of four terrltoriai regiments the kings colonials â– the suffolk yeomanry the doa royal field . artillery and i hants !__________________________________. ___.____â– warns public of big abi swindles expert says 10,000 per cent is made by dealers fakes new york nov 15 for mauy yeara i have lived entirely among art galleries and collections and know everything that goes on in the trade in works of art on both sides of the atlantic i feel it is time to warn the public of the swindling done by many unprin cipled pietu-e dealers who are in the busi ness only to obtain kv'oo per cenl profit instead of the fair returns honest business brings this was the declaralion of i purres carter art expert to the late marquis of bute and the henry doetsch collection for several years mr carter has worked for wealthy eastern art collectors as a re storer and reliner of old masters the youth of many of the masters he was asked to restore surprised and hurt him to bach a degree that he finally severed ids connection with most of the dealers from whom he bad employment visits many galleries following the carter reports on bogus old masters and in spile of the fa'ct that the wealthy collector would rather pocket his loss than admit he has been fooled there was a conference in boston to-day between two of the richest private col lators of art in new england to whom the examiner submitted mr carters dis closures ihey are convinced tbat they have pur chased several fake old masters and the conference was to find means if possible to recover from the dealers who swindled them in his declaration that american art collectors have heen tricked by dealers air carter is borne out l>y i)r c h de groot assistant director of the art gallery at the hague who returned to holland within the last ten day after an exten sive tour of inspection of american privaie galleries here are the galleries which ur de groot saw in philadelphia the p a 15 widener and j g johnson collections in boston - the priceless sears thayer and bartlett collections in new yohk-those of clark altaian whitney prick and haveme'yer only three first class here is what dr dcgroot said to an examiner reporter as he was sailing on the kronprinz wilhelm i came over here to look at your masters and i am going back in despair my last hope was a big collection in philadelphia that failed me and i am going back in all america the ouly col lections i found which seemed wholly first class were the frick and haveineyer and johnson collections though there are some great pictures in the oilier col lections mr carter's association with the private and public galleries in new york has been a matter of years he has had the paintings off the walls for cleaning and rellning and bad had actual opportunities tor detecting spurious old masters roosevelt's message to urge separate states pllollmn ariz nov id ln a letter re ceived by chief justice kent president boosevelt writes that he will urge in his message to congress separate statehood tor arizona and xew mexico and will Ã¼blsl governor klbbey in preparing and urging an enabling act delivered by carrier 30 cents per month price one cent vol vi no 283 a m || weather forecast m jul Chicago and vicinity gen m f eraliy fair monday and tuesday not s,^.j t much change in temperature fresh jjg greatest song hit in years my irish fluffy ruffles sung in the 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Chicago examiner monday november 16 1908 14 pages dowager empress of china dies one day after emperor ise-year-old son of prince chun is put on the throne e of 47 years ended r legations under special lard court in mourning three years peclal cable to the examinei in nov 15 tse hsl an dowager sa and autocrat of china ls dead j-yl the three-year-old son of prince ha been placed on the throne his acting as regent in accordance he provisions of the imperial edict last friday end of the forty-seven years reign famous old buddha came at 2 this afternoon according to the of nnouncemeut although lt is believed ie deaths of both the empress and ! su the emperor whom she dom occurred many hours before the nentibned ln the official annonnce is not anticipated that there will be any trouble incident to the accession of the young manchu ruler although there may be a few sporadic outbreaks ln the south rn provinces which are nt all times more - lo^s turbulent egations are guarded this city is well guarded against any utlireak two divisions of troops being ered at strategic points throughout the i all the legations are surrounded v special guards but no anti-foreign dem istration ls looked for the viceroys are understood to be in har mony with the new regime and have beeu trncted to take all necessary precau ons for the continuance of the provincial overnments as heretofore a period of general mourning of 100 days has been proclaimed throughout iho em re the court will remain in mourning r three years the city to-night is rouded in blue the chinese mourning .-, and elaborate rites are being per med at the palace and at the principal s bouses both the emperor and empress died on tended and alone imperial etiquette for ddlng the palace attendants to approach ithin five yards of the royal persons up a few months ago the emperor had been attended by foreign physicians bnt latterly bad abandoned ali medical treatment called old buddha it is believed that prince chun the new regent will be able to reconcile all the antagonistic elements ln the empire as he ls recognized as a man of modern ideas thoroughly progressive and is the most acceptable men that could be chosen to those most opposed to the reign of the dowager who on account of her fierce temper her tartar character was refered to as a terrible woman among the populace ehe was feared and hated principally because of her treatmeut fl the emperor for whom the enlightened id the common people had a sympathetic ting she was commonly referred to by the sobriquet the ad buddha and her char acter in the eyes of the masses was that i the tyrant of the emperor she was a w unto herself she violated the con itntlon of the t'ynasty that forbids a ' oman ruler and broke the sacred customs ven by the sages she relentlessly ordered all betrothals id marriages iu the imperial household mily anil imperial court and supervised rupulously the conduct of individuals ee did not seem to have embittered her at e close of a strictly terrible career al lough the past decade had intensified her nguinary record her political career began with the holesale beheading of princes in isui ' by which she established her son on the throne a slaughter of reformers ami i others took place thirty-seven years later 1898 two years after this she dc atclv upon advice set about slaugh ( ig all christians and foreigners givi ng x.k taels from her private funds toward 1 ying 011 the work ed over 270,000,000 ' 1 greatest of her political acts was i coup d'etat of 1898 in this she , red her power combining craftiness courage she stooped to the role of i rmer thai she might conquer and when had perfected the disguise she slaught-h the reformers and incarceraÂ«ed the i leror in whose name she bad acted dug him a prisoner for nearly two ir authority was complete over about _ k officials and over the welfare aril 1 of the vast majority of the inhabit 1 of china who number close to 270 - 1 ' empress stolen robes found in cincinnati cincinnati 0 nov 15.-two royal robes highly prized by the dowager em press of china were stolen from her royal palace during the invasion of the allied armies in iwo to quell the boxer uprising to-night hkj are on tbeir wav back to their royal owner in the custody Â»". captain i rank herschey an american sol dier who holds a commission in the im perial army of china the royal wraps were recovered iu this city having been brought here it is said by a n haldersim a kentuckian who served in the ninth i'niteil states infan try and was among llie solders who par ticipated in the looting of the palace in pftkin halderson it is said bold tho robes to a private collector if oriental bric-a-brac who lives iu cincinnati the robes were traced to this citv from manila by herschey serving under a spe cial detail from the empress his reward on his return to china will be a major's commission the prize offered if he should recover the robes abruzzi engagement denied by katherine elkins through father announcement not taken to mean that wedding will not take place duke buys pearl netklace p washington nov lo miss katherlne elkins through her father senator ste phen b elkins to-night authorized the an nouncement that there existed no engage ment to marry between herself and the duke d'abruzzl miss elkins ls at the west virginia home of her parents and could not be reached for details senator elkins issued the statement from the family home in this city he supple mented the bald announcement with the statement that he knew the duke d'abruz zl well and esteemed him as a cultured and talented gentleman there is no hint in the announcement of the former existence of an engagement between miss elkins and the duke which would imply the breaking of an engagement the senator will not ompllfy his announcement or comment upon it it ls recalled that senator elkins has in sisted there existed no engagement and he promised some time ago that a soon as there was anything definite to announce he would take the papers into his eonfl dence and let them have it it is stated by some people here who are familiar with the customs of foreign courts that the announcement of the non-exist ence of the engagement does not mean necessarily that miss elkins is not to 1 marry the duke d'abruzzl the duke may have appreciated the difficulties ahead of him in securing the consent of the royal house of italy to his marriage with miss elkins and generously left miss elkins free while he made the fight to secure that consent it may be understood between miss elkins and her royal suitor that when that consent has been granted freely he may return to this country to claim her i lone.on nov 15 a hatton garden pearl dealer says the duke d'abruzzl has , purchased a splendid seven rope necklace of marvelous pearls as a wedding gift for miss elkins it comprises the famous berthler necklace formerly the property of madame thiers the widow of the for mer president of france and pearls be longing to an impoverished italian noble man dealers refuse to place any value on the necklace but declare it of incoinpar ' able beauty no mystery in absence of artist says lawyer c a surley declares dyer left paris on business trip in spite of the strangely disquieting mes sages that come from paris regarding the diappearance of charles dyer a well known Chicago artist while bis wife and daughter are penniless in the french cap ital and have appealed to the americau consul general to help in their search for the missing mau clarence a burley mr dyer's lawyer here ns;sts there ls no mystery in the case tbat dyer is simply on a business trip 250,000 prison fire cheered by men in cells jeffersonville ind nov is the lack of sufficient water pressure cost the state of indiana 100,000 and the indiana manufacturing company 160,000 through a fire that broke out ln the cupola loft of the latter at the indiana reformatory here this afternoon five buildings were de stroyed while much expensive machinery and a ton of manufactured goods were ruined not a man was hurt and there was no excitement among the inmates nearly 1,300 of them remaining in their ceils those who had a view of the fire cheered loudly when incidents struck tbeir fancy chick stahl's widow found dead in doorway boston mass nov 13 chick stabl's widow was found dead in a doorway to day and foul play is believed stahl was the well-knowu baseball player who killed himself on account of family troubles eight slain in race battle militia rushed to scene _ negro kills sheriff and depu ties and assistant police ; chief after quarrel \ store looted for arms ; desperado shot when burned out of home after wound ing many oklahoma citt ok nov ib eight persons were killed in a race riot at ok mulgee ok this evening which started when an indian and a negro fought in attempting to capture the negro seven men were killed including the sheriff and as sistant chief of police and nine were wounded the desperado was the eighth victim being riddled with bullets when fleeing from his burning house more than 1,000 shots were fired in the melee hardware stores being looted by the mob to secure weapons and to-ulght armed citizens â– are patrolling the town governor haskell has ordered ten com panies of militia to okmulgee on the au thorities request list of faltalities the dead chatman uah negro chatman felix negro deckard jim negro klabber henry assistant chief of police of okmulgee robinson edgar sheriff of okmul gee county thklll unidentified ni-xjroe.s the wounded l'arr vic chief of police shot through shoulder grayson steve indian boy fatally beaten deputy snerifr name not learned arm broken several others slightly wounded - charles deckart a negro and steve grayson an indian had a fight in the depot in which the indian was badly used up he went to police headquarters and made complaint assistant chief of police henry kiabbfer startsl ts'"fir3nd deekjui and on his way deputized two tfegroes itaif and felli cbatman to assist him ln capturing deckart when tlie officers came up to him deckart opened fire on them and killed the chatmans and klabl.er instantly at this juncture sheriff robinson and another negro came on the scene and tried to arrest deckart before the negro conld oc captured he killed both burned out of house deckart then ran to his house near by immediately a posse of men sur â€¢ rounded the next house thinking be was there and set fire to it seeing that bis own bouse would soon be Ã¼bla/.e deckart tired bis own house and when it had burned so that he could not stay in it longer made a rush for the door as he emerged a hundred shots v e fired at him and be fell dead the greatest excitement prevails iu the town anc it is feared that further serious trouble will follow before morniug every white man in town is armed and the negroes are very restless there is a large number of negroes employed on pipe line work there at the preseut time and it is said trouble of various kinds has been had with them from time to time the mob poured volley after volley into the burniug buildiug and half a score of bystanders and members of the mob were [ struck by stray bullets and more or less i seriously injured the mayor and county i authorities have sworn in almost a hun dred deputy marshals and sheriffs ln au | effort to hold the situation ln check uutil j the arrival of the militia man is killed and town terrorized over dog fight wet mka okla nov lu.-as the re suit of a tight belweeu two mongrel dogs one man is dead another seriously wound ed and the town of wetumka divided into two factions and a bloody feud is threat ened brothers of the dead man have beeu walking the streets of the town all afternoon heavily armed and the citizens are terrorized ben smith and john tabor sided with their respective pets when the animals en countered each other on the main street to-day and tabor after be bad been wounded slew his adversary he was placed under arrest and a posse of depu ties armed with repeating rifles is guard ing him to-night jeff and ira smith brothers of the dead man armed themselves and have been on the streets all afternoon and their friends are volunteering their assistance tabor's friends are also willing to take his side 62 die of pneumonia cold causes increase disease induced by people shutting up houses says physician cold weather caused a large increase in the deaths from pneumonia last week ac cording to the health bulletin issued yes terday the cold itself doesn't make pneu monia the bulletin gays but it leads peo ple to shut themselves up in their houses close the doors and windows and breathe the same air over and over again sixty-two persons died in Chicago last week from pneumonia and many of them mould be living to-day if the simple pre ventive of breathing fresh air had been employed sats the bulletin . catholics open first mission congress greatest conclave in america's history in the upper photograph are mgr falconio icho with archbishop quigiey is the ranking catliolic dignitary in the congress and two deacons of honor approaching the holy name cathedral yesterday where the opening services of the catholic missionary congress were held they are between ranks of fourth degree knights of columbus in the lower picture archbishop quigiey is leaving the church at his left is the very rev john e burke of new york and at his right is the tery rev w h ketcham of washington d o prelates mark centenary in triumphal pageant thousands witness procession and attend impressive ceremonies optimism fills speeches mgr falconio celebrates mass m the holy name cathedral 86 sermonsare preached archbishop blenk calls social ism and divorce world's greatest evils the history of the roman catholic church in america reached a new triumphal cli 1 max yesterday when the first amer jican missionary congress was opened at the holy name cathedral with a terror giving to the promises of a . new era the assurance of success with an ecclesiastical pageant never before equaled on this continent and with stirring vows of fealty to the church and its aims hosts of prelates priests and lay delegates began the work of inaugurating a wider mis 13 sionary movement both at home and it abroad n the sermons and speeches of the day resounded with optimism great e plans for new missionary endeavor ;. were discussed in a spirit of con 1 fideme that the church could and s would supply the men and means to carry them out grave evils ot the f day were deplored hut not so much ia the way of lamentation is of cheery il earnestness over tho prospect of in '- creasing victories for the faith in the " warfare against them i '' fruition of a century of solid establishment a great hour has sounded in the religious life of the united states a said the most rev james h blenk t archbishop of new orleans in his f sermon at the cathedral it is the * fruition of a century of solid estab . lishment and marvelous extension of , the church what a vast field opens - before us the same spirit pervaded sermons ' preached last evening in eighty-six churches of the city by bishops and 1 archbishops monsignores and abbots 1 at the banquet given late in the aft * eruoon by the fourth degree of the * knights of columbus at th auditor , ium hotel and attendtni by ei w ban . died members of the order m 1 1 of the new missionary movement was received with a storm of applause impressive procession is viewed by thousands the spectacular features c day attracted thousands of peopl <> the neighborhood of the holy name ca thedral north state and superior streets the procession of prelates attired in the full regalia of their of fices with the differing emtti ma of the friar orders and with < â– , tail of dress and ceremony as handeu j down for centuries strictly observed moved past files of onlookers to the spectators the occasion was one of deep impressiveuess to some it was a matter of religious sacredness to others it was interesting because it was unusual brilliant and historic but on all it left an impression f tha high dignity with which the church invests those to whom it gives spirit ual authority the most rev diomede falconio archbishop of larissa and apostolic delegate to the united states and the most rev james e quigiey were the two most notable figures in tho pro cession with pages bearing the long silken trains which flowed from their sacerdotal cloaks they cull prison ready for college spooners admirers oi northwestern coeds find jail awaits them in willard hall the smallest police station in the world bas been installed under the east steps of that most famous of all girls dormitories w'llard hall near the campus of the north western i'niversity at evanston willard hall has contributed more stories to the newspapers than any other dormi tory extant the police station was estab lished to aid its chief frank kruger iu coping with the men students of the uni versity wlio insist upon spooning with the girls in the halls and on the stairs when miss mary ross potter the pre ceptress issued her io o'clock anti-spoon ing order kruger found himself unable to enforce it the students would throw him downstairs and run night after night the special policeman was manhandled ln shameful fashion and his assailants always escaped now tbat the station has been opened he hopes to get a spooner locked up oc casionally nnd keep him there until he can telephone the evanston police station for help there is ouly one room which is cell and office combined it contains a fire alarm a police telephone and a city telephone and the door ls heavy enough to be student-proof inasmuch as most of the girls anticipate that their sweethearts will be immured there sooner or later they have all contributed to flt up the prison attrac tively with up-to-date pictures and neat little gitneracks mabel taliaferro under knife for appendicitis baltimore nov 15 mrs frederick thompson the stress known on the stage as miss mabel taliaferro who appeared at the academy of music last week in the play polly of the c.'rcus was stricken with acute appendicitis at the conclusion of the performance saturday night and was operated on this afternoon at the university hospital she stood the ordeal well and was said late to-night to be rest ing comfortably vr martin who per formed the operation said that he looked for the patient's early recovery miss taliaferro has had several attacks of ap pend.citls previously the last one only six or seven weeks ago while she was play Illinois theater in Chicago eulenburg ruling again berlin hears dying prince's influence may cause kaiser to name male dancer chancellor berlin nov it german awaits with breathless anxiety the result of the conference between bmpe'ror william and his chancellor thai conference wns ap pointed to be held to-morrow at kiel but the sudden death of one of the emperor's entourage has postponed it there is iutense dread in political cir cles that the emperor's btndlal silence will turn to imperious defiance of his clitics and consequently of the reichstag as astounding rumor is flying about ber lin to-night prince philip zu kuleuburg is said to have regained his sway over the emperor it is asserted with a positive tiess seemingly born of conviction that prince philip who only escaped punish ment for repulsive conduct because it was declared in court _ that be was rapidly dying still has such influence as to make his support of general lowenfeld for chancellor something to be reckoned with lowenfeld is widely known as a social trifler a man who has no fixed political opinions the chief of the emperor's pri vate company of tellers of a certain sort of stories and a noted dancer of the can can nothing has intensified the feeling against the emperor more than the report of eulenburg's activity and the mention of lowenfeld as the successor of prince von buelow in the chancellorship the idea of a male dancer being put in control of the empire's affairs calls to mind the dissolute rule of caligula over ancient rome another man whose uame is mentioned when the subject of a new chancellor ia canvassed is baron marscball von ilieber steiu who gave up the portfolio of koreiun affairs to become german ambassador at constantinople von blcberstein was easti in a diflferent mold but would be regard â€¢< i i with suspicion as chancellor because he is ; afflicted with what has now become to be i regarded as the taint of emperor wil-i hani's personal friendship prince of wales honored london nov lii the prince of wales has been gazetted honorary colonel of four terrltoriai regiments the kings colonials â– the suffolk yeomanry the doa royal field . artillery and i hants !__________________________________. ___.____â– warns public of big abi swindles expert says 10,000 per cent is made by dealers fakes new york nov 15 for mauy yeara i have lived entirely among art galleries and collections and know everything that goes on in the trade in works of art on both sides of the atlantic i feel it is time to warn the public of the swindling done by many unprin cipled pietu-e dealers who are in the busi ness only to obtain kv'oo per cenl profit instead of the fair returns honest business brings this was the declaralion of i purres carter art expert to the late marquis of bute and the henry doetsch collection for several years mr carter has worked for wealthy eastern art collectors as a re storer and reliner of old masters the youth of many of the masters he was asked to restore surprised and hurt him to bach a degree that he finally severed ids connection with most of the dealers from whom he bad employment visits many galleries following the carter reports on bogus old masters and in spile of the fa'ct that the wealthy collector would rather pocket his loss than admit he has been fooled there was a conference in boston to-day between two of the richest private col lators of art in new england to whom the examiner submitted mr carters dis closures ihey are convinced tbat they have pur chased several fake old masters and the conference was to find means if possible to recover from the dealers who swindled them in his declaration that american art collectors have heen tricked by dealers air carter is borne out l>y i)r c h de groot assistant director of the art gallery at the hague who returned to holland within the last ten day after an exten sive tour of inspection of american privaie galleries here are the galleries which ur de groot saw in philadelphia the p a 15 widener and j g johnson collections in boston - the priceless sears thayer and bartlett collections in new yohk-those of clark altaian whitney prick and haveme'yer only three first class here is what dr dcgroot said to an examiner reporter as he was sailing on the kronprinz wilhelm i came over here to look at your masters and i am going back in despair my last hope was a big collection in philadelphia that failed me and i am going back in all america the ouly col lections i found which seemed wholly first class were the frick and haveineyer and johnson collections though there are some great pictures in the oilier col lections mr carter's association with the private and public galleries in new york has been a matter of years he has had the paintings off the walls for cleaning and rellning and bad had actual opportunities tor detecting spurious old masters roosevelt's message to urge separate states pllollmn ariz nov id ln a letter re ceived by chief justice kent president boosevelt writes that he will urge in his message to congress separate statehood tor arizona and xew mexico and will Ã¼blsl governor klbbey in preparing and urging an enabling act delivered by carrier 30 cents per month price one cent vol vi no 283 a m || weather forecast m jul Chicago and vicinity gen m f eraliy fair monday and tuesday not s,^.j t much change in temperature fresh jjg greatest song hit in years my irish fluffy ruffles sung in the 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